How to Use adopt in a Sentence

adopt

verb

• Did he adopt your point of view?
• They decided to adopt a child.
• We adopted some of the local customs.
• He was adopted as an infant.
• They were unable to have children of their own, so they decided to adopt.
• The assembly adopted a new constitution.
• He was born in England but he has adopted Canada as his home.
• The resolution was unanimously adopted by the Senate.
• Then the board voted, and the measure to adopt chaplains failed, 4-3.
  — Michelle Boorstein, Washington Post, 22 Mar. 2024
• In the years between, Kay and James adopted their son Pat.
  — Sophie Dodd, Peoplemag, 10 Mar. 2024
• Dear Amy: Our neighbors have two kids, a girl and a boy, 6 months apart in age (one was adopted at birth).
  — Amy Dickinson, Washington Post, 25 Dec. 2023
• Ukraine and Russia have adopted a broader scope of low- and mid-tier drones.
  — Paul Lushenko, The Conversation, 16 Feb. 2024
• Sonos has long refused to adopt DTS, so that doesn’t surprise me anymore.
  — Sheena Vasani, The Verge, 17 Nov. 2023
• When these bots adopt human personas, things can get weird.
  — Will Knight, WIRED, 12 Oct. 2023
• This is not the first time the Philadelphia Zoo has adopted a pair of orphaned pumas.
  — Saman Shafiq, USA TODAY, 24 Aug. 2023
• Rory had bounced around the foster care system from the age of 3 until she was adopted at 5.
  — Eileen Finan, Peoplemag, 10 Aug. 2023
• In many countries, selecting the children to be adopted happens at the outset of the process.
  — David L. Stern, Washington Post, 3 Sep. 2023
• No one is building a new program around McAfee, but rather adopting one the host has already built.
  — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 11 Jan. 2024
• The bill would give the court 180 days to adopt and publish a code of conduct and create a process so the public can file ethics complaints against the justices.
  — Eden Villalovas, Washington Examiner, 28 July 2023
• In the season 12 finale, Baez adopts a baby girl after the child’s mother is killed.
  — Keith Langston, Peoplemag, 16 Feb. 2024
• The Australian sailor who spent months adrift at sea with his dog shared that a crew member who helped in their rescue would adopt the pup.
  — Brian Brant, Peoplemag, 19 July 2023
• In 1995, Wilson married Melinda, and the pair adopted five children, some of whom still live in the household.
  — Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 16 Feb. 2024
• All 254 of its counties adopted the rules, the Post reported.
  — Sunny Nagpaul, Fortune, 3 Apr. 2024
• The Indiana couple adopted Natalia from the Ukraine in 2010.
  — Christine Pelisek, Peoplemag, 28 Dec. 2023
• Satsuma is the third school system in coastal Alabama to adopt the program.
  — Margaret Kates | [e-mail], al, 23 Aug. 2023
• Other countries in Europe adopted the practice, and in 1918, the U.S. started to use it too.
  — Kerry Breen, CBS News, 9 Mar. 2024
• In a show of unity, the Wolverines adopted Michigan vs. Everyone as a mantra.
  — Free Press Staff Reports, Detroit Free Press, 9 Jan. 2024
• The most popular requests were to create more trails, the ability to adopt trails and bike-only trails.
  — The Arizona Republic, 22 June 2023
• Fewer people need to be in the city to work, and during Covid many adopted new lifestyles and locations.
  — Andrew M. Cuomo, WSJ, 11 Dec. 2023
• Why would the birds adopt this fascinating sleep cycle?
  — Brian Handwerk, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Nov. 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024